In article <2h21bh$ccs at terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>, cash at geneva.csmil.umich.edu (Howard Cash) writes:
> Recently there has been discussion on the net about the claim that the
> Applied Biosystems Division of Perkin Elmer [ABI] would be encrypting or
> otherwise restricting access to the chromatogram files from the popular
> 373A sequencer. To recapp, some had reported that a) a "compressed or
> scrambled" revision to the file format was imminent, b) that commercial
> companies that produced software accessing ABI data files without
> licensing access tools from ABI would face legal action, or both.
>> There are several programs that display the 373A's chromatogram files
> as a useful tool for evaluating data validity. Among them are Generation
> from IntelliGenetics, Inc. (employer of our own Dave Kristofferson),
> SeqMan from DNAStar and XDAP from Roger Staden and the MRC. Have
> I missed anyone :)
Surprisingly, you forgot to mention GeneJockey II ;)
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Jon Clewley
